To amend S.3000 by reducing from $900 to $750 million the ceiling on military aid for vietnam.

On Jun 11, 1974, the Senate voted 45–46 (S 3000). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 38–14, Republicans 10–31, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 members voted against their own party.

During the 93rd Congress (1973–1974), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 45
No: 46
Did not vote: 7
Date: Jun 11, 1974

By party

Democrats38 yes · 14 no · 5 didn’t vote
Republicans10 yes · 31 no · 2 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
Harold Everett Hughes D-IA voted no
Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted yes
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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